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2Pac
Named after a Peruvian revolutionary and raised by a family heavily involved in
the Black Panther movement, Tupac Shakur (aka 2Pac) brought a potent political
outlook to gangsta rap and became an icon for a generation. Beginning his career
as an MC for Oakland hip hop collective Digital Underground, his debut solo
album 2Pacalypse Now (1991) made little impact but thanks to follow-up Strictly
4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. (1993) and an acting role in inner-city drama movie Juice, his
star quickly started to rise. A controversial figure who became embroiled in the
East Coast vs West Coast gan...
